Roles and Responsibilities

5. Tutor Support

As a Hampshire Achieves tutor in Hampshire, you should expect the following:

An appropriate induction
  • A Tutor Induction Programme will be offered for all new tutors by the subcontracted provider

Know what is expected of you
  • There is an on-line tutor handbook which contains all the essential information to carry out your roles and responsibilities
  • Your Centre may also provide you with their own version.

Information to support you in carrying out your role effectively
  • Centre Managers will keep you informed of current developments in Hampshire Achieves and will organise regular meetings for staff.  
  • Centre Managers will meet with all tutors and work through the tutor start of year checklist Quality Documentation at the start of a new academic year

Recognition of your contribution
  • Tutors may request an annual personal review with a line manager

Support to enable you to carry out your role effectively
  • Centre Managers offer support to all tutors
  • All tutors new to Hampshire Achieves should be visited in the first 4 weeks of the course
  • Established tutors teaching a new programme for the first time should be visited in the first 6 weeks of the course
  • Tutors should have access to shared resources
  • Tutors should have an opportunity to be involved in programme development and planning
  • Tutors should have an opportunity to discuss accreditation issues

Training to develop the skills and understanding for changing roles
  • Staff Development activities, designed to support tutors in the delivery of a changing curriculum to a wider range of learners, including the introduction of information learning technologies (ILT) are available through Hampshire Achieves.

Resources to enable you to do a good job
  • Resources should be requested through your Centre Manager
  • Resources will be monitored through Teaching Observations and Class Visits

Support for tutors is available, in the first instance, from your Centre Manager who should be able to respond to any queries about your work.  Hampshire Achieves offers staff development to Tutors and issues a Staff Development Training Calendar at the start of the academic year.  You are encouraged to apply for places on training events for tutors, which will give you the opportunity to continue your professional development and to share good practice with other tutors delivering Hampshire Achives programmes.  Please discuss any application with your Centre Manager in the first instance. 

You are also invited to attend curriculum/cluster group meetings which aim to develop and share good practice.